Link Following Affecting libarchive-debugsource package, versions <0:3.3.3-3.el8_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBARCHIVEDEBUGSOURCE-3276409
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed23 Aug 2022

Introduced: 23 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-23177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libarchive-debugsource to version 0:3.3.3-3.el8_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:0892.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive-debugsource package and not the libarchive-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1